JohnJ.Carchidi

Mr. John J. Carchidi, a lifelong Kearny, N.J., resident, died on Thanksgiving day at home. He was 85. Relatives and friends may visit in the Condon Funeral Home, 684 Kearny Ave., Kearny, (condonfuneralhome.com) on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The Funeral Mass will be offered on Tuesday in St. Stephen's Church, Kearny, at 10:30 a.m. A private cremation will follow. Mr. Carchidi was the owner-operator of John J. Carchidi General Contracting for 40 years before retring in 1993. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. John is survived by his wife, Rose (nee Carchidi), and his children, Roseanne Stewart and her husband, Craig, John Carchidi and his wife, Sharon, and Christine McShane and her husband, Daniel; also surviving are his grandchildren, Christopher, Daniel, Linette, Jacqueline, John, and Alexandra. John also leaves his brother-in- law, Vincent Carchidi. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Wounded Warrior Project, woundedwarriorproject.org, or St. Stephen's Church. Envelopes will be available in the funeral home.